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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George want to postpone doing before they set up their boat for sleeping near Picnic Point?
(a) Set up their beds.
(b) Make a few phone calls.
(c) Write letters home.
(d) Do an inventory count.

2. How does J. describe Reading?
(a) As a scene from Norman Rockwell.
(b) As heaven on earth.
(c) As unattractive.
(d) As a Monet painting.

3. Why would J. get into trouble when he tried to make rafts?
(a) He made them too large.
(b) He made them too small.
(c) He would steal the material he needed.
(d) He was supposed to be at school instead.

4. After what meal do the men decide to replenish their stored food?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Dinner.
(c) They have no need to replenish their stored food.
(d) Breakfast.

5. When did J. first become attracted to boats?
(a) At a young age.
(b) Not until this trip.
(c) When he met his girlfriend.
(d) In the past 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Montmorency react to the animal he tries to attack?

2. According to J., the steam-powered boats run faster than ___________.

3. Which character (other than J.) has a rough night sleeping near Picnic Point?

4. What kind of stew does the group think they are making?

5. What skill is J. apparently lacking to be a great fisherman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does J. think about rowing on the sea?

2. What does George decide to do once he realizes he cannot go back to sleep the night his watch stops working?

3. Why does George's reaction change from laughter when J. accidentally flings his own shirt into the river?

4. What does J. complain about sarcastically concerning the problem with being towed?

5. What ends up happening to the men's canned pineapple?

6. What does Harris claim happens to him while George and J. are at Henley?

7. How does Montmorency react to the tea kettle the night everyone makes stew?

8. Who is J. with when he gets stuck on the punt?

9. Why does J.'s ode to night at the end of Chapter 10 seem so out of character?

10. What does J. claim one has to do to get a tea kettle to boil?

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